Carmel Papworth-Barnum of WomenRunningTogether.com shares some tidbits from Tahoe, where the USATF Pacific Association held its masters championships yesterday. Complete results eventually will show up here. Among other highlights, Joy Upshaw Margerum won the 80-meter hurdles in 12.20 from W45
Rod Jett ran 14.99 in the 110s into a good wind yesterday at the California Invitational Relays at Sacramento City College. Then he came back and won the masters 100 as well — in 11.82 into a breeze. The meet
In masters track, the two most common questions are: Where’s the meet? And: How do I compare to the competition? So when meets drop out of the deck, it’s a shame. Yesterday, my Ventura friend Andy Hecker wrote about the
Canada’s Brian Keaveney, president of North and Central America and Caribbean World Masters Athletics, has announced that he’s just received a bid for his region’s WMA 2010 championships. Brian wrote Doug Smith of Ontario: “Mayagűez, Puerto Rico, which is on
I should let this bounce off me, but I’ve had it. For years, an Ohio track fan named Jesse Squire has labeled his blog “The oldest track & field blog on the internet.” Pshaw. I beat him by more than
Steve Kleinstuber, an M50 multi-eventer, has shared details on the revived Chuck McMahon Memorial Masters meet, which wasn’t held last year. He writes: “I have attached an updated flyer for the Chuck McMahon Masters meet on July 17th (at Cal
Behind the scenes, officials at World Masters Athletics are struggling with Geraldine Finegan’s drug positive at Kamloops. They still don’t have enough information to deal with her case. Today’s Kamloops Daily News quotes WMA Prez Stan Perkins as saying: “The
It was only a matter of time. The listed world record for the M35 3,000-meter run is 7:38.28 by Abdellah Behar of France in 1998. But buried in a USATF news release yesterday about the Ostrava Golden Spike meet in
Jimson Lee, a Canadian masters sprinter and blogger (at speedendurance.com), has been working to revive the wisdom of Bud Winter, the legendary coach at Speed City in the 1950s and 1960s — San Jose State. Bud coached Lee Evans, Tommie
“Most folks Adolph’s age are not pole vaulting. They’re under the ground instead of above the ground,” says Cris Allison, who coaches multi-eventer Adolph Hoffman of San Antonio, Texas. Adolph is 87, making him one of the oldest vaulters in
Two days after being labeled a drug cheat, W40 world champion Geraldine Finnegan (or Finegan) issued a vigorous defense. According to Irish press reports, Finegan “insisted she has ‘never knowingly taken an illegal or legal substance to help (her) performance,’
Masters everything Doug Smith has a new hat: meet director of the 2010 Canadian Masters National Outdoor T&F Championships. It will be July 17-18 in Toronto, Ontario — and may include a pentathlon. (Doug has posted a poll, seeking feedback